Summary
Qiddiya Investment Company is hiring a Senior Manager to lead early planning and development of hotel and hospitality assets in Riyadh. The role covers asset strategy, feasibility, business cases, operator and brand selection, design coordination, and development readiness before handover to execution teams. Applicants should have a relevant bachelor's degree and 8 to 12+ years of experience in hotel real estate development, mixed-use development, destination development, or hospitality investment. Applications close on 28 September 2026.
The posting
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This role with Qiddiya is going to be lead the early planning and development of hotel and hospitality assets, ensuring that masterplanning, asset positioning, operator strategy, design requirements and commercial assumptions are aligned before transition into development execution. The role is focused on real estate development and asset creation, not hospitality consulting or hotel operations.
Several hospitality assets are progressing into early-stage development. Dedicated hotel development expertise is required to align stakeholders, define each asset, establish viable project assumptions and position assets for successful delivery and long-term operational performance.
This post is going to be closed on 28th Sep 2026.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead hotel and hospitality assets from concept, feasibility and positioning through project definition and development readiness.
- Translate the destination vision and masterplan into clear hospitality asset strategies, development briefs, scope and delivery requirements.
- Define hotel type, classification, brand positioning, target market, room mix, amenities and guest experience in line with market demand.
- Lead market assessments, feasibility studies, business cases, development budgets and financial assumptions with investment and finance teams.
- Drive hotel operator and brand selection, including RFPs, proposal evaluation, commercial assessment and support for management agreement negotiations.
- Coordinate architects, designers, project managers, technical specialists and operators to embed operational requirements into the design.
- Manage development risks, key decisions, approvals, schedules and stakeholder alignment before handover to execution teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Hospitality or a related field. A relevant master's degree is preferred.
- 8 to 12+ years of experience in hotel real estate development, mixed-use development, destination development or hospitality investment.
- Proven experience progressing hotel assets through feasibility, concept, planning, operator selection and design development stages.
- Experience working for a real estate developer, hotel developer, mixed-use developer or hospitality investment and development platform.
- Strong understanding of hotel development economics, operator agreements, brand standards, design coordination and development governance.